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Economic Recovery at Risk: Proposed Infrastructure Bill by Biden Administration Should Include More Help For Women Workers Who Are Hit Hardest by the Pandemic
Economic Recovery at Risk: Proposed Infrastructure Bill by Biden Administration Should Include More Help For Women Workers Who Are Hit Hardest by the Pandemic

Economic Recovery at Risk: Proposed Infrastructure Bill by Biden Administration Should Include More Help For Women Workers Who Are Hit Hardest by the Pandemic

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 23, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber [...]

By Erin Weber|2021-04-01T15:39:54-05:00March 23, 2021|Press Releases|0 Comments

Women are paid less than men in almost all occupations, according to new analysis of 2020 earnings data
Women are paid less than men in almost all occupations, according to new analysis of 2020 earnings data

Women are paid less than men in almost all occupations, according to new analysis of 2020 earnings data

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2021 Contact: Liz Rose | [...]

By Erin Weber|2021-03-22T09:54:41-05:00March 22, 2021|Press Releases|0 Comments

New IWPR Report Reveals Urgent Need to Support Student Parents’ Return to College amid Challenges Exacerbated by the Pandemic
New IWPR Report Reveals Urgent Need to Support Student Parents’ Return to College amid Challenges Exacerbated by the Pandemic

New IWPR Report Reveals Urgent Need to Support Student Parents’ Return to College amid Challenges Exacerbated by the Pandemic

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 16, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | [...]

By Erin Weber|2021-03-16T11:35:36-05:00March 16, 2021|Press Releases|0 Comments

Big Bold Relief Bill Will Help Millions of Women and Families and Will Lead to the End the She-cession
Big Bold Relief Bill Will Help Millions of Women and Families and Will Lead to the End the She-cession

Big Bold Relief Bill Will Help Millions of Women and Families and Will Lead to the End the She-cession

Washington, DC – IWPR applauds the House and the Senate and President Biden for enacting the American Rescue Plan, an historic relief package that will uplift women and families. “Women and families are facing extraordinary challenges that require bold solutions,” said C. Nicole Mason, PhD, President and CEO of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR). “Now they will finally get some of the help they need to survive the pandemic with the delivery of this landmark relief package.”

By Erin Weber|2021-03-12T17:27:47-05:00March 12, 2021|Press Releases|0 Comments

New Report Lifts up the Voices of Black, Latina and Afro-Latina Women in the Construction Trades
New Report Lifts up the Voices of Black, Latina and Afro-Latina Women in the Construction Trades

New Report Lifts up the Voices of Black, Latina and Afro-Latina Women in the Construction Trades

Washington, D.C. – A new policy brief, “Here to Stay: Black, Latina and Afro-Latina Women in Construction Trades Apprenticeships and Employment,” highlights that while the number of Black women apprentices grew by over 50 percent and the number of Latina apprentices nearly doubled between 2016 and 2019, Black and Latina women remain severely underrepresented (3.6 percent) in federally registered trade apprenticeships.

By Erin Weber|2021-03-08T21:44:37-05:00March 8, 2021|Press Releases|0 Comments

New Jobs Numbers Show that Women Recovered fewer than Half of All Jobs Lost since February 2020
New Jobs Numbers Show that Women Recovered fewer than Half of All Jobs Lost since February 2020

New Jobs Numbers Show that Women Recovered fewer than Half of All Jobs Lost since February 2020

Washington, DC— While new Employment Situation data for February shows a 245,000 increase in women’s jobs on payroll (64.6% of all added jobs), women are still 5.1 million jobs below February 2020, compared with 4.4 million fewer jobs on payroll for men; at its deepest level in April 2020 women’s payroll employment was down 12.1 million.

By Erin Weber|2021-03-08T03:14:45-05:00March 8, 2021|Press Releases|0 Comments

Gender Wage Gap Shrinks in 2020 Due to Tremendous Job Losses for Lowest Paid – Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist
Gender Wage Gap Shrinks in 2020 Due to Tremendous Job Losses for Lowest Paid – Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist

Gender Wage Gap Shrinks in 2020 Due to Tremendous Job Losses for Lowest Paid – Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist

Washington, DC – A new policy brief, The Weekly Gender Wage Gap by Race and Ethnicity: 2020 from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), provides the first data on COVID-19’s impact on the gender wage gap. It finds that the wage gap narrowed, but reasons for the change point to growing inequality instead of progress for women. Women’s average earnings increased more than men’s because lowest paid women were the most likely to lose jobs during the COVID-19 shecession – and are no longer counted in the average women’s weekly median earnings. As a result of the missing lowest-paid women, the gender wage gap narrowed, between all women and men, and between women and men by race and ethnicity.

By Erin Weber|2021-03-08T03:13:57-05:00March 4, 2021|Press Releases|0 Comments

IWPR Statement of the Passage of the 1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan by the House
IWPR Statement of the Passage of the 1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan by the House

IWPR Statement of the Passage of the 1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan by the House

IWPR applauds the passage of the 1.9 Trillion Stimulus plan by the House of Representatives, and encourages the Senate to do the same. The robust and historic recovery package enjoys high public support and will provide necessary economic support to families hit hardest by the COVID-fueled economic downturn.

By Erin Weber|2021-03-01T00:39:25-05:00March 1, 2021|Press Releases|0 Comments

Women to Biden Administration and Congress: Affordable Healthcare, the Economic Recession and Jobs are Top Priorities, New National Survey Finds
Women to Biden Administration and Congress: Affordable Healthcare, the Economic Recession and Jobs are Top Priorities, New National Survey Finds

Women to Biden Administration and Congress: Affordable Healthcare, the Economic Recession and Jobs are Top Priorities, New National Survey Finds

Washington, DC—New National Survey by IWPR finds in first 100 days and beyond, affordable, high-quality healthcare, getting the economic recession under control, and job creation are top priorities for women for the new Administration and Congress.

By Erin Weber|2021-03-16T14:59:02-05:00February 24, 2021|Press Releases|0 Comments

January’s Decline in Women’s Employment Shows Robust Relief and Recovery Efforts by Administration will be Key
January’s Decline in Women’s Employment Shows Robust Relief and Recovery Efforts by Administration will be Key

January’s Decline in Women’s Employment Shows Robust Relief and Recovery Efforts by Administration will be Key

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2021 Contact: Contact: Erin Weber [...]

By Erin Weber|2021-03-12T21:32:03-05:00February 5, 2021|Media, Press Releases|0 Comments

Economic Recovery at Risk: Proposed Infrastructure Bill by Biden Administration Should Include More Help For Women Workers Who Are Hit Hardest by the Pandemic

Women are paid less than men in almost all occupations, according to new analysis of 2020 earnings data

New IWPR Report Reveals Urgent Need to Support Student Parents’ Return to College amid Challenges Exacerbated by the Pandemic

Big Bold Relief Bill Will Help Millions of Women and Families and Will Lead to the End the She-cession

New Report Lifts up the Voices of Black, Latina and Afro-Latina Women in the Construction Trades

New Jobs Numbers Show that Women Recovered fewer than Half of All Jobs Lost since February 2020

Gender Wage Gap Shrinks in 2020 Due to Tremendous Job Losses for Lowest Paid – Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist

IWPR Statement of the Passage of the 1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan by the House

Women to Biden Administration and Congress: Affordable Healthcare, the Economic Recession and Jobs are Top Priorities, New National Survey Finds

January’s Decline in Women’s Employment Shows Robust Relief and Recovery Efforts by Administration will be Key

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